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[['Umar b. al-Khattab]] was | [['Umar b. al-Khattab]] was killed in [[23]]/[[644 CE|644]] by someone by the name of Firuz or [[Abu Lu'lu']], the slave of [[Al-Mughira b. Shu'ba|Mughira b. Shu'ba]]. According to some sources, he was injured in [[Dhu l-Hijja 26]], [[23]]/[[November 3]], [[644 CE|644]] and died after three days.<ref>Masʿūdī, ''Murūj al dhahab'', vol. 2, p. 320-321; Yaʿqūbī, ''Tārīkh al-Yaʿqūbī'', vol. 2, p. 159-160.</ref> While he was in bed because of his injury, 'Umar b. al-Khattab began to think about his successor. He believed if [[Mu'adh b. Jabal]], [[Abu 'Ubayda al-Jarrah]], and [[Salim Mawla Hudhayfa]] had been alive, he would have handed the caliphate to them.<ref>Ibn Qutayba, ''al-Imāma wa l-sīyāsa'', vol. 1, p. 42.</ref> Yet none of the mentioned people were present at that time, therefore he devised a new plan for selecting the next caliph.<ref>Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 3, p. 344.</ref> | ||
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